International Studies (MA) at University of Northern British Columbia

UNBC’s innovative and interdisciplinary Master’s degree in International Studies focuses on two of the most pressing and interlinked issues of our time: Global Development and Environment. The program draws on courses from 11 different graduate programs and is managed jointly by the Departments of Global and International Studies and Economics.

Global development, broadly understood as processes that affect people(s), regions and/or countries in the Global South and northern areas including the Arctic, is examined from multiple perspectives. These perspectives include those of international agencies and civil society organizations as well as from both mainstream and critical approaches to development studies. The challenges facing the global environment and potential solutions are analysed. Interactions between global development and the environment and between local and global scales are examined.

Financial assistance in the form of teaching assistantships is available to some full-time students, in accordance with University regulations.

Requirements

All students are normally admitted into a course-based program. Students wishing to transfer to a thesis- or a research paper-based program may apply to do so after completing 12 credit hours and in accordance with program rules. 

Students are required to take courses which satisfy requirements in (i) global development; (ii) research methods; (iii) global environment; and (v) two elective courses. Courses may be taken in any order.